Mary Hardy

Mary Jo Hardy, 81 of Mt. Vernon, died Saturday morning March 10, 2012 at Deaconess Hospice in Evansville. She was on March 27, 1930 in Sequatchie, TN, the daughter of Robert and Gladys (Barnett) Summers.


She married Richard E. (Dick) Hardy on April 8, 1945 and he preceded her in death on August 29, 1996.


Mrs. Hardy was a homemaker. She belonged to the Owen Dunn American Legion Auxiliary, Ladies of the Moose and the Eagles.


She is survived by one son and his companion, Dickey Joe Hardy and Nancy Williams of Haubstadt; two daughters and a son-in-law, Brenda Hardy (John) Weir and Mary Jean (Hardy) Chumley, of Mt. Vernon; four grandchildren, Brian Weir, David Weir and Lucas Chumley of Mt. Vernon and Jeremy Hardy of Albion, IL; two great-grandchildren, Alexis & Devon Hardy; four brothers, Lewis, Jack, James and Tony Summers of Tennessee; three sisters, Anna Margaret Crabtree, Leota Summers and Faye Smith of Tennessee.


She was preceded in death by her parents, one brother, Junior Summers and a son-in-law, Danny Chumley.


Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at Black Cemetery in Mt. Vernon. All attendees are asked to meet at the cemetery. Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. on Monday, March 12, 2012 at the Stendeback Family Funeral Home in Mt. Vernon. On-line condolences may be left at www.austinfuneralhome.com